Royal Faction of Montenegro

The Royal Faction was an informal grouping of royalist politicians in Montenegro that was active from 1852 to 1918. The party was composed of the most conservative members of the court, and it advocated complete monarchial control over the economy, opposed immigration, protected the institutional status of the Orthodox Christian church, and supported a strong military. The Royal Faction was a favorite political party of the king, and Montenegro remained absolutist in practice, even after it became a constitutional monarchy.